Hello,
I am happy I have found this site, I am six days past my 2nd advancement flap surgery. The first one didn't take on 11/11/12. All of this was from an anal fistula surgery that occured on August 2nd 2011! the external wound healed nicely, the internal incision never healed. I had my first BM's yesterday (5) as I had been on a liquid diet for the first 3 days post-op and then had to take dulcolax to be able to go even with all of the water and fiber I have been consuming. The BM's were horrible...as they were very loose and I assume acidic and burned my outside stitches very badly. I used wet wipes to clean myself after every BM but could never really get clean so I did a sitz bath in a hot tub and then took a hot shower to fully clean myself. (I used a lot of hot water yesterday) LOL!!!! I have been taking benifiber, and a stool softener everyday and had another BM today which was much better! after showering and taking a peek at my swollen stitches, I noticed diper rash. After phoning the Dr's office they told me to place a piece of guaze between my buttcheeks to prevent leakage and coat my cheeks and stitches with desinex diaper rash cream! I have to tell you all it is a MIRACLE!!!! the pain in my stitches is gone, the diaper rash pain is gone. right now i am sitting in a chair with no pillow and I am not in any pain..... I just wanted to let someone know incase anyone is in the same boat I am in. Diaper rash cream seems to work on stitches pain! I have not had to take pain meds all day! Praise the Lord! I am hopeing this lasts as it is too early to tell but so far so good!! I am of course wearing a maxi pad to keep the cream off my shorts but it is amazing how much better I feel. So thats all I wanted to say. I hope this flap works because I do not want to have to go throught this a third time! thanks for listening....